Also published as: Good Night, Mr. Tom

Author: Michelle Magorian Year: 1981 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction, Children, Award winners, Classic, War/Military, Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon Google Books Wikipedia LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780140315417 9780064401746 0140315411

London is poised on the brink of World War II. Timid, scrawny Willie Beech -- the abused child of a single mother -- is evacuated to the English countryside. At first, he is terrified of everything, of the country sounds and sights, even of Mr. Tom, the gruff, kindly old man who has taken him in. But gradually Willie forgets the hate and despair of his past. He learns to love a world he never knew existed, a world of friendship and affection in which harsh words and daily beatings have no place. Then a telegram comes. Willie must return to his mother in London. When weeks pass by with no word from Willie, Mr. Tom sets out for London to look for the young boy he has come to love as a son. Similar books: The Snow Goose by Paul Gallico Back Home by Michelle Magorian My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier Across Five Aprils by Irene Hunt Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo I Am David by Anne Holm Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith The Silver Sword by Ian Serraillier Number the Stars by Lois Lowry For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway Sophie's Choice by William Styron The Moon Is Down by John Steinbeck The Midwife's Apprentice by Karen Cushman Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes Milkweed by Jerry Spinelli The Cruel Sea by Nicholas Monsarrat The Assault by Harry Mulisch Daniel's Story by Carol Matas Andersonville by MacKinlay Kantor